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The Walter Winchell Show. Columnist Walter Winchell had been a mainstay on the early years of ABC television with a simulcast of his 15-minute weekly time radio show until he left ABC in 1955 in a dispute with executives. The Walter Winchell Show of 1956 was the result of his agreement to return with a half hour, television-only broadcast.
The Walter Winchell Show: With Walter Winchell, Lisa Kirk, Martha Raye, Sammy Davis Jr.. Live weekly variety show. The show originated in New York City for the first nine weeks and then moved to Hollywood.
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- 1956-10-05
- Walter Winchell, Lisa Kirk, Martha Raye
Sep 15, 2020 · Winchell hosts a short-lived variety show, “The Walter Winchell Show,” on NBC. It is cancelled after 13 episodes due to poor ratings. October 5 – December 28, 1956
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The Walter Winchell Show: With Walter Winchell, Polly Bergen, Richard Nixon, Jack E. Leonard. Simulcast of Walter Winchell's radio show. The program lasted six weeks.
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In 1956, he signed with NBC to host a variety program called The Walter Winchell Show, which was canceled after only 13 weeks—a particularly bitter failure in view of the success of his longtime rival Ed Sullivan in a similar format with The Ed Sullivan Show.
